Sakai paperclip top - GIF

Sakai Top or paperclip top demonstration.

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The physics behind:

http://jgtao.me/content/02-14-16/


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...420#post127358
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...219#post161318
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2811#post97204
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...670#post136574
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...363#post131240
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...421#post127361

the article referenced talks about making a top from a paperclip, not the manufactured top moving a paperclip on the table surface. - the Sakai paperclip top is cool in its own right.

Nice "top" - like those fidget toy competitions, what is the longest spinning (time) finger spun only, top on record?